Helius Eobanus Hessus

1526

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image is a detailed half-length portrait of a man in profile facing left. He is seated and wears a hat with wide brim and folds that frame his curly hair and a thick beard. His attire includes a cloak draped over his shoulders with visible layered fabric, and he's holding a scroll or paper in his right hand. There is no visible jewelry. The background of the image is a simple, empty interior space. The portrait is part of a printed document, which includes large headings at the top and columns of text below the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut and letterpress on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/block: 12.6 × 9.5 cm (4 15/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 29 × 18.9 cm (11 7/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3690

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 257, State (1940 Zwickau impression)

  • Series Title

    The Small Woodcut Passion: rejected plate

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1932d and Lugt 1760b), 1929; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 3: no. A46.1

Wikidata ID

Q18339691

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